LOT 3284
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton and cornucopia; globe at foot. RIC V.2 61. Very Fine.(2.43gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270. 2nd officina. IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing to left, holding two standards, S in exergue. RIC V.1 52 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 1116 (temporary). 1.96gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II, as Caesar AE 17mm. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £44
Antioch mint, 6th officina. Struck under Constatine I, AD 324-325. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTAN-TIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above; SMANTS • below. RIC VII 60 corr. (bust type). 2.35gr, 17mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,125
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079. Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included).
